Box 4282.001

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains sixteen letters from Edward Davison to his business partner Francis (Frank) Leland in Montevideo, Uruguay. The letters deal with their effort to build up an American commercial firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that dealt in various commodities including beef, crackers, flour, wool, rice, salt, lumber, and gunpowder. A number of letters relate to Davison Leland and Company’s attempt to pursue a contract that would allow them to trade in seal skins; a May 3, 1835, letter...